A 10-month-old Chinese baby has been nicknamed the ‘Michelin baby’ after growing to 20 kilograms, the equivalent weight of a six-year-old, Chinese media has reported.
Video: 10-month-old Chinese baby big as a six-year-old – Telegraph.
Now even the morbidly obese are being made in China. We are truly losing our edge.
San Francisco Chronicle, the treat—Wisconsin State Fair’s version, anyway—weighs in at 1,000 calories. If that’s not enough for your arteries to chew on, chocolate-covered bacon is available for an extra dollar, says the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Journal Sentinel’s Cailley Hammel. Still want those fries?
Scientists are examining whether a diet rich in certain types of fibre can suppress hunger and improve the body’s ability to control blood sugar levels.
Foods such as garlic, chicory, asparagus and artichokes are known as fermentable carbohydrates, which are thought to activate the release of gut hormones that reduce appetite.
Asparagus, garlic and artichokes ‘could help fight obesity and diabetes’ – Telegraph.
People are significantly fatter in countries, states, and cities where car use is more common. Mass transit use, on the other hand, is correlated with lower obesity. But there has been scant evidence that public transportation actually causes widespread weight loss — until now.
Does Driving Cause Obesity? – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com.
LONDON (Dow Jones)–Novo Nordisk A/S (NOVO-B.KO) plans to test its diabetes drug Victoza to see whether it could also be used to combat severe obesity, a condition often associated with diabetes.
INTERVIEW: Novo Nordisk To Test Victoza In Anti-Obesity – CEO – WSJ.com.
